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May 06, 2005

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arto

Y'know, beyond the actual rudeness, dude had a point: Some conservative gay marriage opponents (and while I don't know whether or not Pudenda Shenanigans belongs in this category, Canada's most vocal gay-basher, Bishop Fred Henry, certainly does) claim gay marriage is unnatural and unholy because marriage exists, supposedly, for the sole purpose of creating children. So what about straight married couples who choose to engage in sexual activities that biologically couldn't end in reproduction--should the government go after them next? Obviously not, despite what the law might say in Arkansas or Tennessee or wherever.

That's the limitation of trying to use the F-bomb and friends as political speech, though, people hear the offensiveness before they hear the actual meaning. Kinda reminds me in an oblique way of Jon Stewart's appearance on Crossfire, actually--except his inability to get a coherent point across actually illustrated his point that noone ever uses actual reasoning or debate on those types of shows.

Jason Whong

So what's the problem? Ann Coulter, like her, or not, was shooting down the people she didn't agree with. As the person on stage, she can do that.

Saying the f-word doesn't appear to be a part of any civilized debate or critique of the President or of Coulter. It doesn't have anything to do with "heckling George," who was not there, unless you consider criticism of any conservative a criticism of George Bush. But the question wasn't even criticism. It was disruptive "bullshit." And if Texas wants to make the f-bomb arrestable in cases where it's disruptive, let them have it. We live in New York, where bare female breasts are legal, and we can have that.

I don't think taking 10-year-old kids to see Ann Coulter is necessarily a bad idea, either. In many ways, it's at least more honest than sending a kid to private or public school to be indoctrinated by non-parental figures. At least you're taking a stake in what your kid is exposed to by taking them anyplace.

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